Jean-Louis Pestel was a French ship builder and naval architect active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the older brother of François Pestel, who was also a ship builder and naval architect. Vessels Jean-Louis Pestel built or designed include:
Aventurier was a 12-gun brig launched in 1793 that the Royal Navy captured in 1798. The British named her HMS Aventurier and disposed of her in 1802.[1][2]
Rhinocéros was a 22-gun storeship (gabarre) launched in 1794 and condemned in 1807. She then served as a prison hulk in 1806.[3]
Merveilleuse was a 27-ton (French; "of load") privateer schooner from Honfleur, commissioned in 1798.[5] His Majesty's hired armed shipWright captured her on 7 April 1798.
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